Vitamin E in Pituitary Gland Function of Fowls

Abstract

Summary

The testes of male chickens kept on a diet deficient in vit. E for two months were much reduced in size, and the seminiferous tubules showed considerable degeneration. The combs, likewise, were smaller in the group deprived of vit. E. The assays of pituitary glands revealed that more gonad stimulating substance was produced by those of fowls which had received vit. E in their diet. The pituitary glands from the birds on the E-deficient diet had approximately one-half as many active basophilic cells as those from the birds with the E supplied.